I need to be connected to myself to create meaningful work
Joana Forjaz
Lighting designer — Founder & Architect at Joana Forjaz Lighting Design, Lisbon
From her childhood spent in the Sintra mountains in Portugal, she felt the power of light and its movement.
Master in Architecture from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, and with a year of architectural studies in Rome (La Sapienza University) - she quickly packed her bags and headed to London in 2011, to learn about light and lighting, concluding the Master of Science at UCL - University College London.
It was in this melting pot of London, and experiences around the world, that she absorbed knowledge in the area, before returning to Portugal with the desire to create her own Project.
Forjaz is based in Lisbon, near the Tagus River, and it develops Lighting Design Projects mostly in the hospitality and residential sectors.
Joana Forjaz Talks
‘Authenticity and depth are essential to my process.’
‘If an idea keeps asking questions instead of giving answers, that's when I know it's worth my time.’
‘In the middle of chaos, I find clarity.’
Light shapes experiences, evokes sensations, and transforms the ordinary into something transcendent. You have to reach into your essence and bring your soul into the project.
Light is a dance between what you see and what you feel.
I need to be connected to myself to create meaningful work
Light shapes experiences, evokes sensations, and transforms the ordinary into something transcendent. You have to reach into your essence and bring your soul into the project.
Light is a dance between what you see and what you feel.
I need to be connected to myself to create meaningful work
Light shapes experiences, evokes sensations, and transforms the ordinary into something transcendent. You have to reach into your essence and bring your soul into the project.
Light is a dance between what you see and what you feel.
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Being a creator means never accepting things as they are. There's always a way to see it differently.
The perfect glare
The performance of this new lighting system offers maximum efficiency with excellent glare control. The endless configuration possibilities of this product family allow visible but at the same time glare-free light with a UGR of less than 19 and offer optimal conditions to meet all required lux values for workplace lighting.
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